Terpsicorp 2023

Cleopatra

HANESBRANDS THEATRE

WINSTON-SALEM, NC

JULY 20-22, 8:00pm

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE

ASHEVILLE, NC

JULY 27-29, 8:00pm

We are extremely excited to have you join us for the world premiere of Cleopatra. Tonight’s performance is our most ambitious and immersive dance theater experience to date. As you sit back and take in the show, imagine yourself walking through an ancient ruin, or strolling through a museum that features artifacts from a time long ago. The dancers and their actions in the blank space before you represent the scenarios we create in our heads as we attempt to place ourselves in the past. It’s impossible to rid ourselves of our modern perspective as we ‘try on’ the lives of historical figures. We ask ourselves, “What would I have done in their place? Are they good or evil? How do they compare to the political figures of today?” But there are no concrete answers to these questions because real people are, and have always been, unique, richly complex and a product of their environment. These stories take place within a culture that has some shocking similarities to our own, along with some disturbingly brutal differences. Try not to pass judgment from the lens of today. Let the experience roll over you like a dream as your imagination takes the reigns. Enjoy.

Heather Maloy’s

TERPSICORPS THEATRE OF DANCE

Heather Maloy – Artistic Director

& Resident Choreographer

Michele Bryan - Managing Director

Christopher Bandy – Ballet Master

WELCOME TO TERPSICORPS THEATRE OF DANCE’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON!

As North Carolina’s beloved summertime contemporary ballet company, Terpsicorps brings together critically acclaimed performers from renowned ballet companies across the US and abroad to share their tremendous gifts with our audiences. These dancers bring their amazing technical skill and dramatic talents to choreography that is both physically challenging and artistically significant. A core goal of the company is to create innovative, thought-provoking and entertaining performances of the highest professional caliber.

Over the past 20 years, Terpsicorps has premiered over 30 original works and breathed life into the choreography of the late Salvatore Aiello. There have been collaborations with musicians, visual artists, actors, food banks, social causes and of course dancers. Young dancers have passed through the apprenticeship and internship programs and gone on to be professional dancers, choreographers, teachers and arts administrators. Having Heather Maloy in the community teaching the dancers of tomorrow has shone light upon the path to fulfill their dreams.

Thank you for being the most important part of Terpsicorps, our audience. Dance is experiential and fleeting. What you see tonight lives on in you. Enjoy!

THE TERPSICORPS COMPANY DANCERS

Madeline Bay

Patricio Di Stabile

Jeff Ewing

William Fowler Jr

Florrie Sésé Geller

Betsy Lucas

Morgan Stillman

Cooper Verona

David Ward

APPRENTICE DANCERS

Brooke Amundrud

Elizabeth Brooks

Sasha Butman

Ida Cacanindin

Annabelle Cook

Stephanie Eggers

STAFF

Production Manager & Lighting DesignerJoshua Paul Weckesser

Stage Manager – Adam Cohen

Costume Designer – Jayne Harnett-Hargrove

Costume Team - Becky Ewing, Anne Mettee, Karen Ninos-Carpenter, Ann?

Photographers – Parker Phister and Irwin Fayne

Interns - Mary Efigenia Gomez, Sydney Jones, Gabriella Titolo

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair – Adam Vorhis

Nishma Patel

Benjamin Baker

Mountaine Jonas

Rick Ramsey

Chair Emeriti – James Torpey, Elizabeth Pou, Matt Chambers, Phil Atwood, Karen Ramshaw, Travis Price, Robert Kehrer, Karen Bassett

ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Barnett – Former Artistic Director, Atlanta Ballet

Jerri Kumery – Artistic Associate of Richmond Ballet, Balanchine Foundation representative & Curator of the Salvatore Aiello Foundation

Douglas Singleton – Executive Director for Charlotte Ballet

20th ANniversary season

INDIVIDUALS

Robert and Ginger Barnett

Karen Bassett

Robert & Audrey Bayer

Elizabeth Bright

Malcolm and Patty Brown

Joel Berkowitz and Deborah Bohan

Elizabeth Cardwell & Esaias Johnson

Laurie Corral

Adrienne Crowther

Duane Dunston

Alex Ewing

Sylvia Ganier

HOW WE GOT HERE

Over the past 20 years, Terpsicorps has been able to present work of the quality you are witnessing first hand tonight because of the generosity of people, businesses and foundations who believe in our vision. They understand the benefits that having access to stimulating works of art brings to our communities.

To pay homage to those whose generosity has been the lifeblood of Terpsicorps for all of these years, here is a list of supporters, past and present, who have made substantial, game changing donations to this organization. Without their belief in us, we would not be celebrating our 20th Anniversary today.

FOUNDATIONS

The Arts Council of Winston-Salem

Boomerang Fund for Artists

Cabaniss Family Charitable Fund

Chaddick Foundation

Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

James G. Hanes Foundation

Huisking Foundation

Janirve Foundation

John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation

Millennium Fund

NC Arts Council

Perry N Rudnick Fund

Tuttle Family Charitable Fund

Barclay Garnett

Neal Greenberg

Borden Hanes

Joscelyn Williams Hill

Mountaine Jonas

Leah Karpen

Bob & Maud Kehrer

Thomas & Margaret Kuhn

Jonathan Ledden

Lauren Ling

Andie MacDowell

Margaret MacLeod

Margo Majette

Judi Maloy

William and Jerry McAninch

Kevin Meek

Lisa Menefee & Andy Cromer

Dr. Thomas Milton & Ellen Williams

Nancy Peterson

Lara Hanes Pierce

Elizabeth Pou

Karen Ramshaw

Donna Robertson

Michael Ryden & Arthur Easter

Frank Sheets & Kimberly DeCoste

Charlotte Stark

Jane Stikeleather

Bob & Kay Trimble

Lorena & Rick Weideman

Diana Wortham

Martha Zeagler

CORPORATE SPONSORS

John Cram and Matt Chambers at Blue Spiral One, Bellagio and New Morning Gallery

David Neil and BMW of Winston-Salem

WNC Land Sales

Fairway Mortgage

Torpey-Conden Financial Services

Fletcher BMW

Blue Ridge Orthodontics

Givens Highland Farms

Clement Law Firm

McGuire Wood & Bissette

Kyocera

Finger Music

Y’All Liquor (now Troy & Sons)

And these are only our largest donors. There is no room to list the many hundreds of people and businesses who have stepped up and shared their money, time or expertise with us. We thank every single one of you!

Yet even with all of these names, there is so much room for more. As we have grown to include additional, much needed, staff members, our budget has grown right along with it. Inflation affects our performance costs as much as it affects your grocery bill. Fabric and wood are through the roof, and it is time to pay our dancers more for bringing their incomparable talents to NC to share with our audiences. Please consider joining our family of supporters today.

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01. HEATHER MALOY (FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER) is thrilled to be celebrating 20 years of being at the helm of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. She has created 30 original works for Terpsicorps, including four full evening length ballets. Many of these have included collaboration with musicians, composers, artists and projectionists. Heather received her training at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA). She began her professional career when she joined the North Carolina Dance Theatre (NCDT), now known as the Charlotte Ballet, at the age of 17, making her at that time the youngest dancer to be hired as a full company member in the company’s history. Heather stayed for thirteen years, dancing principal and soloist roles. Mentored by NCDT artistic director, Salvatore Aiello, she choreographed her first professional work when she was only nineteen. After Aiello’s death, his successor, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, commissioned her to create five more pieces for NCDT. Heather has also created a premiere for the Carolina Ballet, two for the Chautauqua Ballet, three for the Nashville Ballet and one work each for the Wake Forest and Jacksonville College Dance Departments. She has participated in the National Choreographer’s Initiative, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s Choreoplan and the Ballet Nouveau Colorado (now Wonderbound) 21st Century Choreography Competition. She has also had the honor to return to UNCSA (formerly NCSA) to create a new work for the Spring Dance program and to stage her work “Le Suil Go…” for their 2007 alumni performance in Manteo, NC.

02. Michele Bryan (Managing Director) proudly joins Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance following 10 years of working in Asheville as the community liaison for the Go Local Card, along with other development positions focused on relationship building. She was born and raised in Atlanta, and with her father’s family being native to Asheville, she’s been a part of the community since 1970. Her lifelong love of the arts was born when she began ballet classes at age 3 at the Atlanta School of Ballet followed by extensive training in ice skating and dance.She’s been an ardent supporter of Terpsicorps from day one. While attending performances by the NC Dance Theatre in Charlotte in the 90’s, she developed a deep appreciation for Terpsicorps’ artistic director Heather Maloy as a performer. They became more closely acquainted when Heather taught Michele’s daughter dance in Asheville. Michele’s regular attendance at performances in both Asheville and WinstonSalem, as well as her standing as a donor and volunteer, exemplify her passion for Terpsicorps today. Michele has worn many hats professionally all of which will contribute highly to the future growth and success of Terpsicorps. A published local non-fiction writer, co-founder of a non-profit and a family fiduciary, she brings all of this experience and skill to the Terpsicorps team. Even more crucial is her passion for the arts, Terpsicorps in particular, and her undaunted commitment to enhancing the lives of the citizens of NC through dance.

03. CHRISTOPHER BANDY (Ballet Master, Choreographer) is pleased to return for his 18th season with Terpsicorps. This marks his 11th year of coaching our dancers after inheriting the position from his mentor Timothy Yeager in the 2011 season. Mr. Bandy has choreographed several original works for Terpsicorps including the duet Yin/Yang, Half Past Never set to music by stephaniesld, On the Inside, and softloud. In addition to Terpsicorps, Mr. Bandy danced with American Repertory Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Dance Alloy Theater. A part of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance since the beginning in 2003, Christopher was a featured dancer each summer for 7 of the first 8 seasons. Christopher lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Mollie and daughters Amelia and Sidra where he teaches ballet to the next generation of dancers at Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company.direction of John Neumeier and Royal Winnipeg Ballet where he also served as Ballet Master and Associate Artistic Director. A rich mixture of training and performances provided Salvatore with versatility in style and theatricality and an impressive ability to choreograph a diverse array of works. The word “energy” most aptly describes Salvatore Aiello and is found prominently in his choreography. Throughout his repertoire of work, Salvatore captured the essence of the human spirit. In 1996, Salvatore Aiello (posthumous) was awarded the North Carolina Alliance Award for outstanding contribution to Dance.

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THE DANCERS

04. Madeline Bay (Third Season) currently a dancer with Ballet Idaho, began her training at Illinois Ballet Theater in Moline, Illinois. In 2006 she joined the pre-professional company River Pointe Ballet. She was a scholarship student with the Bolshoi Ballet, Ballet West, Pittsburgh Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Northwest Dance Project, and Texas Ballet Theater. She then attended the University of Utah and joined the resident company, Utah Ballet. Some of her performance highlights with Ballet Idaho include Fairy Godmother in Edwaard Liang’s Cinderella, Helena in Peter Anastos’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker as well as featured roles in works by Danielle Rowe, Ricardo Amarante, Alejandro Cerrudot, Lauren Edson and Robyn Mineko Willaims. Madeline has spent six summers dancing with ARC Dance in Seattle, where she has originated principal roles for works by Alex Ketley, Wen Wei Wang and David Fernandez. Madeline has also danced with LED in Boise, ID and Treefort Music Fest. Sponsored by Mountaine Jonas

05. Patricio Di Stabile (First Season) is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and is excited to be joining Wonderbound in Denver, CO for the 2023/24 Season. He moved to the US in 2021, and has been a featured artist for companies including Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, San Jose Dance Theatre and Canyon Concert Ballet. A graduate from the School of Teatro Colon, in Argentina, Patricio then accepted a full scholarship at Ballet Academy East in NYC. He has participated in the Moscow International Ballet Competition and danced for the Ballet Estable de Tucumán, Compania danza Argentina. Patricio recently premiered a documentary movie called “ISOLATION” for All Latin America.

06. Jeff Ewing (Ninth Season)is from Torrance, California where he began his classical ballet training at the age of six. His family moved to Asheville while he was in high school, where he continued his studies locally at Center Stage with Heather Maloy as his ballet instructor. Jeff has danced in Chicago with Lucky Plush Productions and Cocodaco Dance Project and currently dances with Stewart/Owen Dance. He earned a BFA in Dance Performance at the Boston Conservatory, studied at the Juilliard Summer intensive, the apprentice program at The Chautauqua Institution, and assisted Cathy Young at Bates Dance Festival. He spent a year dancing with Charlotte Ballet’s second company where he performed the works of Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and David Ingram.

07.William Brewton Fowler Jr. (Seventh Season) is from Augusta, GA and studied contemporary dance at the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. While at UNCSA, he had the honor of performing Twyla Tharp’s “Sweet Fields” for Sally Ride’s Tribute at the Kennedy Center. He also danced works by Maurya Kerr, José Limón, Grady Bowman, Bill T. Jones, Juel D. Lane, Susan Jaffe, Merce Cunningham, Ming-Lung Yang and Kimberly Bartosik. In San Francisco, he worked for Gregory Dawson’s company, DawsonDanceSF, and had the opportunity to co-choreograph a duet with Frankie Peterson for the Black Choreographers Festival. In New York, he performed for Summer Stage with Stephanie Batten Bland’s Company, SBB. He also worked with Gallim Dance under the direction of Andrea Miller. William is currently dancing with Oakland Ballet.Sponsored by Esaias Johnson & Elizabeth Cardwell

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08. Florrie Sésé Geller (First Season) began her pre-professional training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Next Generation Ballet, as well as at summer programs at the School of American Ballet and San Francisco Ballet school. After winning the gold medal at the Youth America Grand Prix Semi-Finals, Florrie distinguished herself by placing in the Top 12 Junior Women at the Final Round of YAGP at Lincoln Center and was selected as the first recipient of the Gillian Murphy Endowed Scholarship to UNC School of the Arts. Florrie then attended the San Francisco Ballet School on full scholarship. At the age of 18, Florrie became a company dancer with Cincinnati Ballet, while continuing her training with celebrated master teacher, Wilhelm Burmann. At Cincinnati Ballet, Florrie performed principal roles in work by Devon Carney, Jiri Kylian, Sarah Van Patten, Kirk Peterson and Myles Thatcher. In 2019, Florrie was invited to represent the USA in the Beijing International Ballet and Choreographic Competition. As a professional dancer, Florrie continues her training with renowned ballet master, Magaly Suarez. She has appeared in galas including YAGP Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow, and Florida Classical Ballet’s Summer Gala. Florrie is currently dancing with the Rochester City Ballet.Sponsored by Judi Maloy

09. Betsy Lucas (Second Season) was born in Hillsboro, Oregon and trained with the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre under the direction of Damara Bennet. In 2010 she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre, where she has remained for 13 seasons. Betsy’s repertoire includes lead roles in several full-length classics: “Clara” in NBT’s production of The Nutcracker, choreographed by James Canfield, “Wendy” in Jorden Morris’ Peter Pan, “Beauty,” in Lew Christensen’s Beauty and the Beast, “Alice” in Septime Webre Alice (In Wonderland), “Svetlana” in Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, Serenade (Soloist Russian Girl), and Western Symphony (1st movement Principal.) When not performing, Betsy enjoys teaching in various dance studios, sewing costumes and rehearsal wear for her own dance wear line, Style En Pointe.roles in The Nutcracker (by Yuri Possokhov) La Sylphide as Gurn (staged by Johan Kobborg), Sum Stravinsky (by Kiyon Ross), Sandpaper Ballet (by Mark Morris), Tuplet (by Alexander Ekman) and the world premiere of Catch (by Liam Scarlett).

10. David Ward (Third Season) is currently in his 18th season as a leading dancer with BalletMet in Columbus Ohio, where he lives with his wife and two children. David was born and began his training in London, England, attending The Royal Ballet School programs, and later graduating from the English National Ballet School. He began his professional career with Northern Ballet in Leeds, England, where he was promoted to soloist before moving to the US. Mr Ward has performed as a Guest Principal with Oklahoma City Ballet and joined companies performing lead roles in productions across the USA. He originated roles in many world premiere creations including the Prince in Edwaard Liang’s Cinderella and James Kudelka’s Rite of Spring. He has performed leads in an array of diverse classical and contemporary repertoire including the works of George Balanchine, Jerome Robins, Michael Pink, Edwaard Liang, David Nixon and Christopher Wheeldon. Outside of dancing professionally, David enjoys teaching and coaching. He was the Répétiteur for Edwaard Liang’s Romeo and Juliet at Ballet San Antonio, Co-Artistic Director for the Yellowstone dance project in Montana and a guest teacher and summer Intensive faculty for a range of both Ballet companies and schools throughout the US.Sponsored by Esaias Johnson & Elizabeth Cardwell costumes and rehearsal wear for her own dance wear line, Style En Pointe.roles in The Nutcracker (by Yuri Possokhov) La Sylphide as Gurn (staged by Johan Kobborg), Sum Stravinsky (by Kiyon Ross), Sandpaper Ballet (by Mark Morris), Tuplet (by Alexander Ekman) and the world premiere of Catch (by Liam Scarlett). Sponsored by Lisa Menefee and Andy Cromer

Please visit our website terpsicorps.org to read more about the dancers and to view our apprentice bios.

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